Jesse childhood friend and cousin Zee has grown into an attractive young woman, and there is a man hanging in the town square.

If they don't sell their land to Thaddeus Rains, and his secret-service organizer, Allan Pinkerton, the farmers are burned out of their homes, or killed.

The James and Younger brothers ride out for revenge against the railroad men but instead focus on the bank's payroll, reasoning that if they steal the money and attack supply trains, the army will notice.

In April 1995, it was reported Morgan Creek Entertainment was developing at western similar to Young Guns to be potentially directed by Dean Semler.

[3] In July 1998, it was revealed the name of the project was Jesse James with Roderick Taylor writing the script and the search for a director was ongoing.

[4] In April 2000, it was announced Colin Farrell had been cast to play Jesse James with further re-writes being performed by John Rogers.

The website's critics consensus reads: "With corny dialogue, revisionist history, anachronistic music, and a generically attractive cast, American Outlaws is a sanitized, teenybopper version of Jesse James".

"[11] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times gave it a positive review and called it "a handsome and skillful retelling of a legend that imaginatively draws on conventions of both the western and the gangster movie to create an energetic yet thoughtful contemporary action-adventure.